Community Service Programs in South America

The Summer Lady recommends Teen Summer Community Service in South America. Teen students learn about cultures different from home while cooperating on teen community service projects in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, or Peru. Teen summer community service programs range in length from two to four weeks. These teen programs may house teens in community centers, school dorms or residential homes.

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Teen Summer Community Service Programs offer:

Teens who participate in community service programs in the United States return with a new found confidence, compassion and a respect for the world around them and the different cultures and people that live in it. These service adventures offer the core principles of community service, cultural exchange, adventure activities and sports activities. Teen summer community service and cultural immersion programs offer teens the opportunity to get involved in local municipal projects. Some of the projects in community service programs are:

Building community structures
Working with children and the elderly
Helping on environmental projects
Helping care for endangered animals
Assisting in educational programs and many more

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Community Service with Children

Community service programs offer students the opportunity to work with children. Many of the projects will offer the students the ability to develop meaningful relationships engaging with the local children in the community through fun and educational activities. Community service program’s knowledgeable and experienced staff lead participants according to high standards of quality, safety, and of course, fun! Community service programs are located in the US as well as in many countries abroad. Many of the programs will also offer students the ability to practice and improve their knowledge of another language while working with the local children and interacting with the local community. A common need by many residents of the community is that they live with day-to-day economic and social challenges and rely on non-profit agencies to help them navigate their daily needs. There are opportunities to teach and mentor refugee youth in urban settings. There are so many exciting and life altering experiences for students that work with children.

Community Service with Animals

Community service programs offer students the opportunity to work with animals in animal shelters and in zoos. Students will be able to go behind the scenes and perform zoo tasks in various animal departments as a team. Learn from the zookeepers as you assist them with their duties and participate in conservation workshops. Students will have the opportunity to get up close and personal with wombats, wallabies, echidnas, and kangaroos in Australia. The opportunity to work with animals in a community service program allows students to aid unfortunate animals in the interest of a higher quality of life. These rescue facilities take in rescued, confiscated, neglected, injured, ill, unmanageable, or otherwise unwanted animals from private owners, zoos, shelters, and other public organizations. These animals are cared for, and/or rehabilitated to the best of their ability and means until which time they can be found healthy, happy homes – whether it be through adoption to qualified candidates or legally released into habitats suitable to the specific species in conjunction with licensed wildlife rehabilitators.